"A basic principal of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized."

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Noam Chomsky

#Risk Quotes #Cost Quotes #Modern Quotes

“Love is a command, not just a feeling. Somehow, in the romantic world of music and theater we have made love to be what it is not. We have so mixed it with beauty and charm and sensuality and contact that we have robbed it of its higher call of cherishing and nurturing.”
“America, I am a strong believer that how we treat each other matters.”

Source : Emanuel Cleaver DNC speech, www.politico.com. September 05, 2012.
“An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences, sacrifices, or betrays the self and each party expresses strength and vulnerability, weakness and competence in a balanced way.”

Source : Harriet Lerner (2009). “The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman's Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships”, p.3, Harper Collins
“Be the designer of your own destiny.”
“I can't tell you. I would say that if I did, I would have to kill you, but that wouldn't be polite.”
“In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon.”
“When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.”
“The Son of God goes forth to war,A kingly crown to gain;His blood red banner streams afar:Who follows in His train?Who best can drink his cup of woe,Triumphant over pain,Who patient bears his cross below,He follows in His train.”

Source : Reginald Heber (1827). “Hymns, written and adapted to the weekly church service of the year”, p.17

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